Canto LXVIII. The Envoys' Speech.

Three nights upon the road they passed

To rest the steeds that bore them fast,

And reached Ayodhyá's town at last.

Then straight at Daśaratha's call

They stood within the royal hall,

Where, like a God, inspiring awe,

The venerable king they saw.

With suppliant palm to palm applied,

And all their terror laid aside,